tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348707835191843632.post4272041920860704379..comments2019-01-19T22:04:17.168-08:00Comments on theswca blog: 'Chive Cast 88 - Commando Lovetheswcahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01390114486366697665noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348707835191843632.post-65808629737324881852018-03-20T11:45:30.940-07:002018-03-20T11:45:30.940-07:00Really enjoyed this episode as a RC collector and ...Really enjoyed this episode as a RC collector and fan. Further to what Ron had said about the Commando sculpt, the B-Wing Pilot and Rebel Commando were done by Bill Lemon, which is why the face is that similar. That severe Lemon expression Ron mentioned is so distinctive in the SW universe, that it translates right through to the production toys too, which is kind of neat in itself. You&#39;re talking degrees of plastic shrinkage there, that would obliterate a lot of the subtlety and nuance in many sculptor&#39;s work. Lemon&#39;s style is just so distinctive, it endures. Even as a kid in the 80s, I picked up on it, without knowing what it was. On the generic character action figure likenesses, the designer who did the blueprint worked from movie scrap, while the sculptor who worked on the figure used the scrap and the blueprint. At least, that&#39;s the short version, and actually why it&#39;s no longer done today. Great to hear the notion of focus collecting explored a little. There are a lot of big, longstanding, old school collecting sleeper focus collections about, and people who are often overlooked (Brennan Swain, Mike Mensinger, Matt Brand, Bill Wills to name a couple...). But I think the notion of focus collecting is largely alien to newer collectors, outsiders, and even some old timers. As someone who does the shotgun (Steve Denny) approach, and the Wooten (used in the sense that John largely invented focus collecting for early, net based proof card and prototype guys) approach to collecting prototypes, it&#39;s definitely something I&#39;d like to see explored. Benjamin sheehanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02073265324624861504noreply@blogger.com